Battery temp sensor / temp compensation

[TANDD2]

It appears that over the past 2.5 years in storage my 4 L16 house bank batts have been fried. I watered every month; seemed to take more as time went by. When I pulled it out of covered storage , where it was on 115 volts with Freedom invertor on, they would not hold a charge. Voltage out of charger was over 14 at float. It was suggested that I unplug the temp sensor and see what resulted. By this time I had determined batts were fried so I replaced them. with new batts charge voltages are normal and drop down to 13.5 at float as it should.

Now the question, how beneficial is temp compensation and should I replace temp sensor? 

THX TANDD

2002 HR Endeavor 40 ISC 330

 

[vito.a]

I doubt the battery temp sensor is the cause for your fried batteries.  

It is just a nice to have and not mandatory.  

You need to read your inverter manual and make sure it's set up properly for the type of batteries you have.